Artist&#39;s canvas pad



v July 29, 1952 I I s. M. SILVER 2,605,172 I'ARTISTS CANVAS VPAD Filed April 9,, 1949 INVENTOR.

Stun Silver 'r'ro Ra Patented July 29, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ARTISTS CANVAS PAD tan M. Silver, New York, N; Y.

Application April 9, 1949, Serial No. 86,477

carry from place to place, and from which each.

drawing can be easily removed, as completed, to uncover a new, fresh surface for drawing.

However, such tear-off pads, though highly advantageous for use with dry or quick drying media, have presented no advantages for use in painting with slow drying media such as oil paints or the like, and have, in fact, been highly undesirable for such use, since, after a slow drying painting is completed it cannot be conveniently removed and disposed of because of the wetness of the surface, as such wetness might cause the oil to flow and the lines of the drawing to become distorted and obliterated with the bendin or creasing during removal. Nor could the completed, wet painting be left on the pad and conveniently carried by the artist from location to location, as he is generally required to do after completing a painting on one location, for the same reason that a wet surface which would smudge if it should come in contact with the pad cover or with other articles. As a consequence, no practical canvas or like tear-off pads for artists have heretofore been produced.

It is the general object of the present invention, therefore, to provide a practical artists tear-off pad of canvas or the like suitable for use, with all the aforesaid advantages and conveniences, for painting in oils and other slow The foregoing and other advantages and superiorities of the artists canvas pad of the present invention will become more readily apparent to those skilled in the art from the embodiment thereof shown in the accompanying drawings and from the description following. It is to 7 Claims. (Cl. 41-4) be understood, however, that such embodiment is shown by way of illustration only to make the principles and practice of :the present invention more readily comprehensible, and without an intent of limiting the invention to the specific details therein shown. 7

In the drawings:

Fig.1 is an isometric view of an artists canvas pad of the present invention shown with the cover in partly open position; the broken lines showinga cover guard element in operative position;

Fig. 2 is an end view of the pad of the presiii, formed of a plurality of superposed sheets of canvas, II, of equal size and shape, which sheets may have their upper surface properly treated to receive oil paints thereon. The sheets I I are maintained in pad formation by means of adl'iesive, 12, which may be of a plastic character and ma be applied substantially completely around the periphery of the sheets, leaving only one corner, as'l3, to be grasped for tearing off free. I

The pad I0 is fixedly secured by its bottom,

any desired manner, to a rigid baseboard, I l,

of a folder or cover, generally designated as l5,

which includes a rigid tap or cover board, I6, con- 1 nected to the base board M by a flexible connection, or back, H, which back H is detached and spaced from the pad 10, so that the cover It may, when desired, be placed over and against the pad iii or swung away from it the pad foruse.

In order'to make possible the "transportation of the pad in substantially closed, compact position even when the top, sheet of the pad I0 is; covered with wet paint, I provide a spacing or.

guard 'member, generally designatedas :20,.'at

the center of the free, forwardedge of' the'cover' it, which guard or spacing member may; in'fone position, be placed fiat against the inside faceoi? the cover 16 and in another position securely erected perpendicularly to said face so that when the cover it is folded towards the pad 10, the spacing member will keep the cover slightly spaced from the surface of the pad ID, to pre vent its contact with such surface and yet in substantially'closed, compact position, suitable for"- to free the surface'ofv convenient disposal for storing or transportation.

While numerous types of guards 20 suitable for the purpose might readily suggest themselves to anyone skilled in the art once the principle of the present invention is disclosed, I have found simplified, readily available and easily and conveniently manipulable means of a standard character highly suitable for the purpose.

Such means comprises a standard type of paper clip, of the type having a head portion, 2|, and a pair of leg portions, 22 and 23, respectively, one generally longer than the other and having sharp ends 24 which legs 22 and 23 are readily flexible towards and away from each other. T

The cover 16 is provided with an opening, 25, close to its forward edge. In this opening the guard clip 20 is inserted with its head 2| on the exterior of the cover it and its legs extending out from the inner face thereof. The legs 22 and- 23 are then folded back against the inside face of tlie cover It to lie flat thereagainst as shown in Fig. '1, permitting a complete closing of the cover It against the pad I when desired.

'Wheri the'surface of the pad I0 is wet and it is desired to substantially close the cover I6 without smudging such surface, one of the-legs of the clip 20 such as the longer one, 23, may be erected top'erpendicular position relative the inner face of the cover [6 so that when the cover is moved its sharp end 24 will contact the surface of the n'int of the artists tear-off pad of the present invention. It will be apparent that numerous modifications and variations thereof may be made therein, by anyone skilled in the art, in accordance with the'prin'ciples of the invention hereinab'o've-set forth and without the use of any inventiremgenuity. Idesire, therefore, to be protected for'any and all such modifications and variations that-may be made within the spirit of the present invention and the scope of the claims hereto appended. I

'What' I claim is: v

An artists pad of the character described, comprising, in combination, a plurality of canvas sheets: superposed on and detachably secured to one another, and a folderincluding a base and a rigid cover flexibly connected to one another along one edge, said canvas sheets secured to said-chase; and a spacing member on the inner face of said' cover adjacent an edge thereof and overlying said canvas sheets, said spacing member fold-able against said cover in one position and sti'fiiyle'rectable relative thereto in another p'osi tion tohave its end contact the uppermostbf s'a-id' canvas sheet;- a 2. artistsipad of the:character d'escribed,

comprising; in combination, a plurality of canvas sheets superposed on one'another, said sheets demember including an element foldable against said cover in one position and rigidly erectable relative thereto in another position to have its end contact the uppermost of said canvas sheets.

3. An artists pad of the character described, comprising, in combination, a plurality of canvas sheets superposed on one another, said sheets detachably secured to one another by an adhesive along substantially their entire peripheries leaving one corner unsecured for grasping, and a folder including a rigid cover flexibly connected to one another along one of their edges, and a spacing member secured to the inner face of said cover adjacent an edge thereof and overlying said canvas sheets, said spacing member including an element having a painted end, said element foldable against said cover in one position and rigidly erectable relative thereto in another position to have its end contact the uppermost of said canvas sheets.

4'. An artists pad of the character described, comprising, in combination, a plurality of canvas sheets superposed on and detac'hably secured toone another, and a folder including a baseandarigid cover flexibly connected to one another along one of their edges, said canvas sheets securedto said base, said cover having an ap'er ture formed adjacent an edge thereof and over lying said canvas sheets, a"- spacing member th serted through said aperture, said spacing mem ber including a head portion adaptedto engage the edges of said aperture and a pair of leg por tions secured to said head portion andextending' through said aperture, said leg portions being rigidly flexible and each adapted to be folded against the inner face of said cover in one position and adapted to be erected relative thereto in another position whereby one ofsaid leg portions may be erected tocon'tact the uppermost of said canvas sheets to space thecover therefrom While the other of saidleg portions remainsfold"- ed against the inner face of said-cover to'retain the spacing member in position;

5-. The combination of claim 4, wherein said leg portions have pointed ends.

6; A folder for an artists pa'd'comprisihgra; base and 'a'cover, said; cover formed of a rigid mate rial, said base'and cover flexiblyi connected to'one another'a'long one of their edges; said base adapted to have a drawing pad fixedly held thereon, said cover having an aperture formed therein adjacent an edge thereof in position tooverliesaid drawing pad, a spacing member inserted through said aperture; saidspacing member in"- cluding a head portion adapted to engage the edges-of said aperture anda'pa'ir of leg portions secured to said head portion and extending through said aperture, said leg portion's'bei'ng rig: idly flexible and each adapted to'be foldedagainst the inner face of said cover in'one position and adapted to be erected relative thereto in another positionwhereby one'of said' le'g portions maybe erected to contact the surface of said padt'o space thecover therefrom ,whiletheother of said leg portions remains folded'against the inner'face' of said cover to retain the spacing member in position.

7. A- folder for "an artists-p'a'd comprising a base adapted" to have the pad secured thereto and a cover, said cover formed of-a rigid material and flexibly connected"to'saidbasealong one of their edges; and means-for selectively spacing said cover from said pad, includin 'a"fleXible' member se-- cured to said'cover adjacent an e'dge thereof, said member adapted to be: foldedagainst the inner 5 face of said cover in one position and to be erect- Number ed perpendicular thereto to contact said pad in 506,160 another position. 568,305 STAN M. SILVER. 370,771 5 2,038,890 REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent: gg g UNITED STATES PATENTS 10 227199 Number Name Date 20,741

231,661 Foerste Aug. 31, 1880 Name Date Connolly Oct. 3, 1893 Hano Sept. 22, 1896 Garman Nov. 12, 1907 Crampton .t Apr. 28, 1936 FOREIGN PATENTS Country Date France Sept. 1-8, 1907 Germany Nov. 12, 1910 Great Britain of 1913 

7. A FOLDER FOR AN ARTIST''S PAD COMPRISING A BASE ADAPTED TO HAVE THE PAD SECURED THERETO AND A COVER, SAID COVER FORMED OF A RIGID MATERIAL AND FLEXIBLY CONNECTED TO SAID BASE ALONG ONE OF THEIR EDGES, AND MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY SPACING SAID COVER FROM SAID PAD, INCLUDING A FLEXIBLE MEMBER SE- 